Salmos 8

Te Korōria o te Atua me te Mana o te Tangata

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi: Kititi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.

1 E Ihowā, e tō mātou Ariki,

anō te nui o tōu ingoa i te whenua katoa!

Pakū ana i a koe tōu korōria ki runga ake i ngā rangi!

2 Ū pū i a koe te kaha o te māngai o ngā kōhungahunga,

o ngā mea ngote ū hei mea mō ōu hoariri,

hei pēhi mō te hoariri, mō te kairapu utu.

3 Ka titiro ahau ki āu rangi,

ki te mahi a ōu maihao,

ki te marama, ki ngā whetū,

i hangā nei e koe;

4 he aha te tangata i maharatia ai e koe,

te tama rānei a te tangata i tirohia ai ia e koe?

5 Nohinohi nei te wāhi i whakaititia iho ai ia e koe i te Atua,

karaunatia ana ia e koe ki te korōria, ki te hōnore.

6 Waiho iho e koe hei kīngi mō ngā mahi a ōu ringa;

kua waiho e koe ngā mea katoa i raro i ōna waewae;

7 ngā hipi katoa, ngā pūru,

me ngā kīrehe katoa o te pārae;

8 te manu o te rangi, me te ika o te moana,

e tere nei i ngā ara o ngā moana.

9 E Ihowā, e tō mātou Ariki,

anō te nui o tōu ingoa i te whenua katoa!

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

1 O Jehovah, our Lord,

How excellent is thy name in all the earth,

Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,

Because of thine adversaries,

That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God,

And crownest him with glory and honor.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,

Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O Jehovah, our Lord,

How excellent is thy name in all the earth!